Department of Childrens Services Budget Request FY 2020-2021 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Department of Children’s Services Budget Request FY 2020-2021 1

About the Department FY 2021 Base Budget Administration: $68,029,900 Youth Development Center: Child Welfare: $18,335,200 $824,125,000 • Facilitate the adoption of children in the state of Tennessee. • Administer a foster care system for children and provide appropriate treatment for children in court ordered custody, with the goal of helping the children become healthy and successful adults. • Operate a Youth Development Center (John S. Wilder) and utilize contract services for the care of children in custody. 2

Change in Appropriations $400 $380 Millions $355 $350 $331 $317 $304 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 $0 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 3

DCS Funding FY 21 Request IV-E IV-B 14.3%, $137.60mil 1.3%, $12.8mil Other 2.8%, $27.2mil SSBG 2.3%, $21.8mil Medicaid 25.9%, $248.8mil Tenncare 39.7%, $381.7mil STATE 39.5%,$379.8 mil State Match 13.8%, $132.9mil 4

Change in Positions 4,500 4,244 4,036 3,961 3,916 3,904 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 5

Custody Trends Foster Care Custody 9,000 8,433 • As of June 30, 2019 child custody has grown by 15% 8,500 7,698 7,604 since June 30, 2016 8,000 • 7,500 7,041 The number of children and youth entering foster 6,751 7,000 care is steadily increasing each year, as well as the 6,500 time the individual spends in foster care custody 6,000 • Requesting $33,227,100 to address cost of growth 5,500 5,000 Jan-16 Apr-16 Jul-16 Oct-16 Jan-17 Apr-17 Jul-17 Oct-17 Jan-18 Apr-18 Jul-18 Oct-18 Jan-19 Apr-19 Jul-19 • On July 1, 2019 new legislation went into effect that is aimed at reducing youth incarceration by Juvenile Justice Custody instituting the following: 1,200 • The Department of Mental Health and 1,100 Substance Abuse Services setting up 1,000 1,075 evidence based services that aim to prevent 1,045 1,033 youth from entering juvenile justice custody 900 through the Juvenile Justice Reform 800 866 856 Program 700 • Requiring the juvenile courts to use 600 standardized risk and needs assessments to 500 assure proper treatment of youth identified Jan-16 Apr-16 Jul-16 Oct-16 Jan-17 Apr-17 Jul-17 Oct-17 Jan-18 Apr-18 Jul-18 Oct-18 Jan-19 Apr-19 Jul-19 risks and needs 6

Retaining Case Managers Goal: Retain case managers by addressing three critical areas of need 1. Increase number of specialized case managers to alleviate caseloads on existing staff • Expand Specialized Drug Teams by 23 positions - $1,571,100 • Establish Immediate Response Teams with 23 positions - $1,525,100 • Increase number of Permanency Specialists and Child and Family Team Facilitators by 5 positions - $328,200 2. Enhance training services provided to new frontline case managers through Simulation Labs uniquely designed to provide realistic scenarios - $578,400 and 6 positions 3. Adjust case manager salaries to align with southeast region market study - $7,742,900 7

Cost Increases Total State Federal Other Pos. 1. Growth in Custody $33,227,100 $16,779,700 $5,648,600 $10,798,800 0 Placement 2. Foster Care Rate 953,800 610,400 343,400 0 0 Adjustment 3. Specialized Drug Team 1,571,500 628,600 235,700 707,200 23 Expansion 4. Reduce Child Protection 1,525,100 610,000 228,800 686,300 23 Services Response Time 5. Simulation Lab Expansion 578,400 271,800 57,900 248,700 6 6. Extension of Electronic 262,800 262,800 0 0 0 Monitoring to Aftercare Juvenile Justice Youth 7. Adoption Assistance 2,230,700 892,300 1,338,400 0 0 Subsidy Growth 8. Permanent Guardianship 1,793,500 717,400 1,076,100 0 0 Subsidy Growth 8

Cost Increases - continued Total State Federal Other Pos. 9. Juvenile Justice Multi- $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0 0 Systemic Therapy 10. Case Manager Market 7,742,900 3,639,200 774,300 3,329,400 0 Salary Increase 11. Additional Permanency 328,200 131,300 49,200 147,700 5 Specialists and Child and Family Team Meeting Facilitators 12. Statutory Salary 18,000 18,000 0 0 0 Increases for Teachers at Wilder Youth Development Center Total Cost Increases $51,732,000 $26,061,500 $9,752,400 $15,918,100 57 9

Efficiency Plan Total State Federal Other Pos. 1. Align administration ($300,000) ($300,000) ($0) ($0) (0) contracts with actual spend 2. Align Family Support (855,000) (855,000) (0) (0) (0) contracts with actual spend Total Efficiency Plan ($1,155,000) ($1,155,000) ($0) ($0) (0) 10